February 2012
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“I…”would not look to the United States Constitution if I were...”
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, in Egypt
BBC World Radio, did I just hear someone being...
World, you can be a sad and ugly place.
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“It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...”
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
it’s so noble when white people do it, but not when the poor do it because it’s assumed they have no choice?
(via agniology)
God this is just sad.
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Watchhttp://www.ytstlabs.com/blog/#about
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...about the pressure to perform well in east... →
kynodontas:
Because that last post got me thinking about the pressure to perform well in east asian cultures
here’s the poem, “Suicide Note,” by Janice Mirikitani:
(TW: suicide, ableism, detailed description of low self-esteem)
… An Asian American college student was reported to have jumped to her death from her dormitory window. Her body was found two days later under a deep cover of snow....
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January 2012
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“[I]t is illegal for women to go topless in most cities, yet you can buy a...”
– Violet Rose, in Three Steps to Better Sex (via muffdiver)
WORD. The sexualization and accompanying shaming of boobies makes them a commodity that must be bought.
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“In a development typical of Arizona, the students who walked out on Thursday,...”
– Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Arizona’s ‘banned’ Mexican American books
This is what racism looks like.
(via mohandasgandhi)
The MAS-TUSD curriculum comprises some 50 books. All have been or are being removed or confiscated from every classroom; teachers are being told to turn in the books that have...
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ipsadixit:
Black Keys-Lonely Boy
Don’t mind...
Art project idea for the taking
abookaboutelephants:
Add sweaters to racks in Urban Outfitters that were purchased from Goodwill. Study UO’s tags and make convincing replicas to attach.
legit idea
I think I’m trying too hard to be.
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Colourblind racism: The four frames →
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva asked samples of White Americans, most of them born between 1940 and 1980, questions about race issues. He noticed that at least half of them used each of the following four frames:
abstract liberalism – the key word here is “abstract”. Unlike Jim Crow racists, most whites now agree that all Americans, regardless of race, should have equal rights and equal opportunities....
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Criticism of internet social justice →
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rosalarian:
I can’t seem to write anything even tangentially related to social justice anymore without panicking and deleting it because of the backlash, not from the right wing, but the left. I feel incredibly silenced by the social justice movement, despite believing in most of its causes. I have...
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